Bul_12.pdf - European Bridge League

Wednesday, 26th June 2013Issue No. 12

Today’s ScheduleOpen Pairs Qualification

(Day 2/2)Side Events10:00 - 11:3011:45 - 13:1514:15 - 15:4516:00 - 17:3017:45 - 19:15

POLAND KEEP THE OLD MAESTROAT BAY

After a day full of drama it was Mazurkiewicz, Piotr Gawrys,Krzysztof Jassem, Pawel Jassem, Marcin Mazurkiewicz, PiotrTuszynski & Jakub Wojcieszek who emerged as the new EuropeanOpen Team Champions. After a remarkable 1 IMP win in their semi final they came from

behind to defeat the sentimental favourites, Breno, MarioD’Avossa, Benito Garozzo, Riccardo Intonti, Massimo Lanzarotti,Andrea Manno & Romain Zaleski in an exciting final followed bythousands on BBO.Isrmany, Alon Birman, Ilan Herbst, Ophir Herbst, Dror Padon,

Josef Piekarek & Alexander Smirnov took the bronze medals.

Winners of the Open Teams: Marcin Mazurkiewicz, Krzysztof Jassem, Jakub Wojcieszek, Pawel Jassem, Piotr Gawrys and Piotr Tuszynski.

Silver goes to team Breno. Team Isrmany comes third.

Bits and Pieces

Partnership DeskThere is no formal partnership desk, but there is a

board in the tent next to the registration where onecan search for partners/team-mates.

Internet access

There is free wifi in the whole building, including thetent and its immediate vicinity. The network name isebl-bridge-1 or ebl-bridge-2. No password is necessary.

Payment at the registration desk

We accept cash or Credit Cards with a chip.

Food and beverages

There is a stand selling sandwiches, soups andbeverages in the tent, open at least until the start of thefinal playing session each day. A more substantial butquickly served lunch will be available at special attractiveprices at the Aqua del Mar and Ostende Queenrestaurants. The latter is also providing a specially priceddinner menu for our participants.

New Mobile Device Policy

Please take note that we are using a new policy for mobile phones at these championships.It is allowed to bring your mobile phones to the table provided they are completely switched off at all times. When going to the rest rooms however, they must be left at thetable or with the person escorting you to the restrooms. Any breach of these rules (such asa phone ringing or vibrating) will be penalized in accordance with the General Conditions ofContest (available at http://www.eurobridge.org/Repository/competitions/13OOstende/Microsite/EBLGeneralCoC2013.pdf ).

Such penalties are automatic and compulsory for the first offense.

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6th EUROPEAN OPEN BRIDGE CHAMPIONSHIPS Ostend, Belgium

Important Information

BadgesAt the start of play of each round, you need to enter

the code on your badge in the Bridgemates. Please don’tforget your badges!!!!

Side EventsPlease note that all side events are open whichmeans that pairs and teams can be composed ofplayers of any age or gender

Winners of the side events are asked to stay at theirplaying area for a few minutes after the results areknown in order to be photographed and to collect theircertificates.

Open Pairs SemifinalThe semifinal will consist of 100 pairs, 94 from the

qualification and six from the Open Teams semifinals.There will be a linear carry-over capped at 300matchpoints (about 3 tops). The drop-ins from theOpen Teams will get the same carry-over as the 46thplaced pair (46 pairs qualify for the final). Drop-ins,please remember that you must have paid for the OpenPairs prior to the start.

Open Pairs Non-QualifiersPlease remember to register latest by 20:00 tonight

for Thursday’s Open Pairs side event, which is free ofcharge for you. We are doing our best to speed up theplayer-search feature in the database, so the processshould be much faster than it was the other night. Thankyou for your cooperation.

GRATIS CARDSThose with very tight economy can apply for a

number of used EBL cards free of charge at the

bookstall on the Mezzanine level.

New and old EBL cards are also sold cheaply.

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6th EUROPEAN OPEN BRIDGE CHAMPIONSHIPS15 - 29 JUNE 2013

Contents

La Rubrique.FR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4

A Travelin’ Man Comes To Ostend . . . . . . . . . . .5

Open Pairs Qualification R1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6

Open Teams QF1: Breno v. Deutschland . . . . . .10

Poles Apart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14

Championship Diary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18

Groupe France v. Breno . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19

Results Open Pairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22

Come To Bali! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24

Results Open Teams KO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25

BBO MatchesBBO Matcheshttp://www.bridgebase.com

NO BBO broadcast from Open Pair Qualifying

on Thursday 27th!!!!

Master Point Racesincl. June 24th

Cumulative

1 SMEDEREVAC Jovanka . . .90BERTENS Huub . . . . . . . . .90VERBEEK Martine . . . . . . .90

4 WILLARD Sylvie . . . . . . . .895 GUNEV Rossen Geourgiev84

POPOVA Dessy . . . . . . . . .847 WERNLE Sascha . . . . . . . .808 MICHIELSEN Marion . . . . .689 BOMPIS Marc . . . . . . . . . .6510 PROOIJEN Ricco van . . . .6011 SAYER Netsy . . . . . . . . . . .55

ZAHARIEV Zahari . . . . . . .5513 HELNESS Tor . . . . . . . . . . .52

HELNESS Gunn . . . . . . . . .5215 WANG Liping . . . . . . . . . .50

GRUMM Iris . . . . . . . . . . . .50

Side Events Only

1 CRONIER Benedicte . . . . .282 BRENNER Anne . . . . . . . . .20

WILLARD Sylvie . . . . . . . .20WERNLE Sascha . . . . . . . .20CAPRERA David . . . . . . . .20PILON Dominique . . . . . . .20MARILL Philippe . . . . . . . .20TOFFIER Philippe . . . . . . . .20SMEDEREVAC Jovanka . . .20CRONIER Philippe . . . . . . .20

11 VAN DE VEN Armand . . . .15DE SMET Hans . . . . . . . . .15LAENEN Rene . . . . . . . . . .15KALITA Jacek . . . . . . . . . . .15HAYMAN PIAFSKY Jessica 15KLUKOWSKI Michal . . . . .15ZMUDA Justyna . . . . . . . . .15SOONTJENS Louis . . . . . .15

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Pierre Schmidt prend le relais de notre rédacteur habituel. Ilnous livre les secrets, révélés par l’ordinateur, des entames etdes contres rémunérateurs.

Un Roi impitoyableLe non-bridgeur de passage devant le Kursaal à la sortie

d’une mi-temps aurait bien du mal à comprendre le sujetde conversation et le degré d’excitation de tous cesjoueurs qui refont leur match. Dans les restaurants puisdans les bars un peu plus tard, c’est le même phénomène.Si vous êtes vous-même bridgeur, n’oubliez jamais deregarder la tête ahurie des convives de la table voisine …et vérifiez en même temps par courtoisie que l’éclat de voséchanges reste à un niveau sonore raisonnable ! Il est eneffet parfois difficile de se mettre d’accord sur ce qui étaitla « bonne » enchère ou la « bonne » entame, aussi n’est-il pas déraisonnable — pour tempérer nos passions -d’utiliser un peu de technologie pour y voir clair. Imaginezainsi que vous déteniez :

[ 98654] 1072{ 64} 732

C’est à vous d’entamer dans la séquence 1SA — 3SA.Vanessa Reess, que je kibbitzais à ce moment-là, n’a pashésité une seconde à poser le 10 de Cœur sur la table. Unedouzaine de levées plus tard, elle constatait que ledéclarant avait ouvert de 1SA avec le Roi de Pique sec, etque son partenaire avait AD1073 dans la couleur ! Est-ceune raison pour se sentir mal et s‘excuser ? En fait non. Ilest facile de faire distribuer à un ordinateur quelquescentaines de donnes compatibles avec la séquenced’enchères, et de lui demander de vérifier le rendement dechacune des entames. Cœur dépasse en effet d’une bonnetête. Dans le détail, vous avez une chance de battre lecontrat dans 15% des cas seulement (ce qui n’est pas unesurprise au vu de votre jolie collection) et l’entame Piquene couvre qu’un tiers de ces donnes, alors que Cœur encouvre les 2/3, car vous « touchez » une longueursuffisante chez votre partenaire, seul à posséder parailleurs les reprises nécessaires. Fin de la conversation surce sujet, vous pouvez déguster votre entrée dans le calme.

Plus délicat, pour le plat principal :

[ AR1062] 982{ 64} 732

La séquence est la même (1SA — 3SA) mais vous n’êtespas à l’entame. Est-ce donc une bonne idée de contrer (àsupposer que pour votre paire, ce contre induise de façonquasiment automatique l’entame Pique) ?Que dit notre ordinateur ? Que le contrat peut être battu

dans un peu plus de la moitié des donnes. Éliminonsd’abord les cas où votre contre va enlever de la main devotre partenaire son entame naturelle qui, seule, battait(ces cas sont en nombre quasi nul). Vous apprenez ensuiteque l’entame Pique de votre partenaire — non naturelle -est indispensable dans la moitié des cas potentiellement« chutant » (donc sur 25 % des donnes : la moitié de 50%).Il vous faut alors comparer le gain sur ces 25% de cas avecle risque d’un méchant surcontre quand les adversaires ontbeaucoup de jeu et une tenue à Pique. On peut enfindisserter sur les donnes où l’on remet les adversaires dansun contrat gagnant alors que 3SA chutait … ou l’inverse !!

Puisque nous en sommes au dessert, il vous restera àcommenter de vive voix les avantages et inconvénientscomparés du « style » consistant à contrer et de celui plusconservateur des tenants du Passe. De quel côté voulez-vous vous ranger ? Le café et l’addition, s’il vous plaît,merci !

Pierre Schmidt

La Rubrique.FR

Vanessa Reess

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Geir-Olav Tislevoll — GeO to friends — has been to manytournaments in more than 40 years of playing bridge. It’sreasonably safe to say that, on arrival at the 6th EuropeanOpen Bridge Championships in Ostend, he had made thelongest bridge trip of his career. He almost certainlytravelled farther to Ostend than any of the othercompetitors here.

Since 2008, the 57-year-old native Norwegian has lived inNew Zealand. The trip to Ostend started in his new hometown of Auckland, whence he flew to Hong Kong to play inthe Asia Pacific Bridge Federation team trials. After that, heflew to Paris and arrived at Ostend by train.Counting the 160-mile trip from Paris, Tislevoll travelled

19,170 kilometers — more than 11,900 miles — fromAuckland.He played for Abax in the Open Teams and is competing

in the Open Pairs with Ivar Berg.Tislevoll grew up in Trondheim, Norway, and learned

bridge in his teens, occasionally filling in when his parentshad games at home. He was truly smitten when he foundout how bridge play went in tournaments.Except for three years in Luxembourg, where he worked

in currency exchange for a bank, Tislevoll lived in Norway.He has represented his homeland several times, earning agold medal in the European Youth Teams Championship in1980 and a bronze in the same event two years later. Heplayed a lot with Geir Helgemo in the Nineties.The move to New Zealand came about after he met Faith

Mayer at the 3rd European Open Bridge Championships inAntalya, Turkey, in 2007. Mayer is a Filipino who has lived inNew Zealand for many years.

A Travelin’ Man Comes To Ostend

The two met again a year later at the World BridgeChampionships in Shanghai, China, where had gone toreport on the tournament for Norwegian media. Tislevolland Mayer played in the Transnational Mixed Teams and therelationship blossomed.Not long after the tournament, Tislevoll says, “I decided it

was time to do something adventurous,” and he was on hisway to New Zealand. He married Mayer in 2010.These days, Tislevoll makes his living in bridge — teaching,

coaching, occasionally playing professionally and writing adaily bridge column for a newspaper in Norway. He alsocontributes to Boye Brogeland’s Bridge in Norwaymagazine.Remarkably, Tislevoll says he did not have much of an

adjustment to life in a new land. In fact, he says, except forthe weather, the atmosphere of the country and theoutlook of New Zealanders is similar to what he knew inNorway. “It’s not a big difference between them,” he says,“and there’s a lot of bridge.”In Hong Kong, Tislevoll’s team qualified to represent New

Zealand in the Bermuda Bowl in Bali, Indonesia, later thisyear. At the same tournament, his wife qualified to play forthe Philippines in the Venice Cup, a remarkable feat inTislevoll’s view considering that the Philippine BridgeFederation has only about 140 members.Tislevoll says he visits Norway regularly — he has a son

and two sisters there — but New Zealand is his home now.“It is beautiful there,” he says.

– Brent Manley

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The Editor gave your reporter free option of a pair towatch for the first ten boards of the Open Pairs. Thechoice of Thomas Charlsen and Thor-Erik Hoftaniska ofNorway proved sound as there were plenty of interestingdecisions, and they scored 72.4% on the set to hold fourthplace.The first deal was a humdinger. Our Norwegians were

against a Russian pair consisting of the highly experiencedVadim Kholomeev partnering a young Petr Vasilyevcompeting in his first European event.

Dealer NorthNone Vul

[ 7] K J 10 4 2{ A 6 5} Q 6 4 3

[ A K Q J 4 [ 10 9 3] Q 8 5 ] –{ 8 2 { K Q J 10 9 7 4 3} J 8 7 } 5 2

[ 8 6 5 2] A 9 7 6 3{ –} A K 10 9

West North East SouthVasilyev Hoftaniska Kholomeev Charlsen

1] 5{ 6]All Pass

What a decision faced both South and West at their firstcall of the championships! Both made the right decision, forSix Hearts was made and a sacrifice in spades or diamondscan go for 1100 against 980.The play had technical interest. On a diamond lead

Hoftaniska played with care to detect whether eitheropponent could have four clubs. He ruffed the firstdiamond with the nine of trumps and then laid down theace to pick up the suit successfully. Having drawn trumps,he exited with a spade. West overtook to play a second spade. When the

diamond ace and a ruff showed that East held eightdiamonds and at least two spades it was already clear onlyWest could have clubs, so declarer could claim.On the second deal the Russian pair had a common

misunderstanding for a new partnership. The auction beganwith a Prepared Club (on this occasion a weak notrump),a 1] overcall from Charlsen and 2{ from a responder withgame values who thought a change of suit was forcing.Kholomeev had a different view and passed. WhenCharlsen asked Vasilyev what their agreement was theRussian at once acknowledged he thought it was forcing, soit was easy for Charlsen to decide not to re-open. Themissed game by East-West (they make 11 tricks in no-trumps) gave the Norwegians a top.The next pair up were Bjorn Alenfak and Hans Kvick of

Sweden. Board 3 was a classic matchpoint affair:

Dealer SouthEW Vul

[ A Q 9 2] J 9 4{ 6 4 2} 10 9 5

[ 7 5 [ K 10 6 4] K 8 6 2 ] Q 10 7 5{ 7 5 { A Q 9 3} A K 6 3 2 } 4

[ J 8 3] A 3{ K J 10 8} Q J 8 7

West North East SouthAlenfak Hoftaniska Kvick Charlsen

1}Pass 1[ Pass 1NTAll Pass

East-West can make nine tricks in hearts and can beat1NT by only one trick, so need to get into the auction. ThePrepared Club silenced West on the first round, but bothWest and East must have considered action on the next.

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Both passed and West led a low club. Charlsen won withthe jack and tried the jack of spades, which held. Charlsen could guess the finesse must be losing but also

knew East would have difficulty finding a heart switch, sothe next spade went to the queen and king. East duly trieda diamond, which was won by the jack. Now Charlsenplayed a club from hand. As East was marked with a singleton club West should

surely have gone in and found the heart switch. When heplayed low it cost two tricks, as Charlsen had not only asecond club trick but also the entry to play diamonds twicemore. 1NT+1 was close to a top.Board 4 had technical interest in both, bidding and play:

Dealer WestBoth Vul

[ K 9 5] A Q 4 2{ Q 3} A K Q 5

[ 7 6 [ Q J 10 3 2] J 10 6 ] K 9{ J 10 9 7 6 5 2 { 4} 2 } J 10 7 6 4

[ A 8 4] 8 7 5 3{ A K 8} 9 8 3

West North East SouthAlenfak Hoftaniska Kvick CharlsenPass 2} 2[ DblPass 4] All Pass

North’s opening 2} was the type popular in both Franceand Benjamin Acol, namely showing a balanced 20/21 or 8/9tricks in a suit.When South’s take-out double suggested hearts it was

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not immediately clear what North would do if he had astrong hand with hearts (for example, a balanced hand withno spade stop might need to bid 3[). Hoftaniska decidedon a jump to Four Hearts. This gave Charlsen a dilemma,he eventually solved by passing. As dummy went down some words in Norwegian were

exchanged in a tone that suggested I should not ask whatthey meant but the final contract was sensible enough.Hoftaniska won in dummy and immediately guessed thetrump suit correctly by playing ace and a low one. Thatallowed him to claim the rest, as he had a ruff for the 12thtrick. A club lead would have held declarer to 11, becausethe defence obtains a ruff.In no-trumps, declarer can make 12 tricks by guessing the

hearts and then squeezing East in the black suits, but fewmanaged that.Next to arrive were the Belgian pair of Alain de Duve and

Eric Wielemans.It is not often you conceal good seven-card support for

partner to seek another 4-4 fit, but so it happened onBoard 5:

Dealer NorthNS Vul

[ A K 8 3] K 6 5{ A 6 2} 9 7 5

[ J 5 4 [ 10 6] A Q 10 9 7 2 ] J 8 4{ K Q 4 { 10 9 8 7 5 3} 4 } Q 10

[ Q 9 7 2] 3{ J} A K J 8 6 3 2

West North East SouthDe Duve Hoftaniska Wielemans Charlsen

1} Pass 1[Pass 2[ Pass 2NT*Pass 3{* Pass 3NT*Pass 4{* Pass 4[Pass 5] Pass 6[All Pass

2NT was explained as Keycard with a 3} responseshowing any hand with only three spades and the othernormal keycard responses with four spades, so North’sThree Diamonds promised four spades with 0 or 3 keys.3NT was described as a mild slam try and North’s cuebidspromised 3 keys. Charlsen signed off in tempo at his nextturn as he was worried about trump quality, but whenHoftaniska made another move Charlsen assumed he heldboth [AK.Against Six Spades West led {K. Charlsen won and played

the trump ace (West might hold a singleton honour) andthen a spade to the queen. Discovering the suit was

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breaking he carefully played one top club (gaining heavilywhen West has two trumps and no clubs), and when bothfollowed he drew the last trump and claimed the rest. His13th trick consisted of ruffing his singleton heart in dummy.+1460 was again a near top.It looked as if they were about to have their first bad

board next:

Dealer EastEW Vul

[ A J 10 6] J 8 5 3{ 7} A 8 7 4

[ 2 [ K 3] Q 10 ] A 9 6 4{ A K 9 6 5 4 3 2 { Q J} 6 5 } K J 9 3 2

[ Q 9 8 7 5 4] K 7 2{ 10 8} Q 10

West North East SouthDe Duve Hoftaniska Wielemans Charlsen

1} 1[5{ 5[ Pass PassDbl All Pass

Five Diamonds by West can be beaten by an unlikely heartlead, and the spade sacrifice had to fail but the scoresheetwas not unfavourable to North-South. Some had made 5{on a top spade lead and successful club guess. Some hadmade 3NT from East and, even better, some were losing500 as North-South, whereas Charlsen suffered a penaltyof only 300 when West cashed a top diamond, switched toa club to the king and East cashed his heart ace, saving aguess in the suit.The fourth pair to arrive was Frederic Brunet and Arnaud

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Ancessey of France. They gave the Norwegians their firstbad board with this auction:Dealer SouthBoth Vul

[ 5] A 10{ A 4 3 2} 9 8 7 5 3 2

[ J 9 2 [ K 8 7] J 6 5 4 ] K 9 8 7 3 2{ K 9 { Q 10 8 6} A K 10 6 } –

[ A Q 10 6 4 3] Q{ J 7 5} Q J 4

West North East SouthBrunet Hoftaniska Ancessey Charlsen

1[Pass 1NT Pass 2[Pass Pass 3] PassPass Dbl All Pass

Ancessey bravely protected on the East cards and Brunetgave him the sort of dummy we all deserve, particularlywhen Charlsen found the unfortunate though natural leadof }Q. On a diamond lead and spade return the defencehave five easy tricks.On the club lead declarer quickly took two spade

discards on the top clubs and led the trump jack.Hoftaniska gave this some thought and then contributedthe ten. Declarer must have been so delighted to have hada favourable lead that he momentarily lost concentrationand let the jack run! (If North held the queen and ten hewould probably not play low on the jack). That meant heonly just made Three Hearts doubled whereas others, alsodoubled, had made an overtrick. The score was around 60-40 against the Norwegians.

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The next deal also had interest:

Dealer WestNone Vul

[ K 9 2] 10 9 6 2{ J 9} 10 7 5 2

[ A 6 4 3 [ Q] K 5 ] Q J 8 7 4{ A K Q 10 6 4 { 8 3 2} A } J 6 4 3

[ J 10 8 7 5] A 3{ 7 5} K Q 9 8

West North East SouthBrunet Hoftaniska Ancessey Charlsen1{ Pass 1] 1[Dbl* Pass 2] Pass3NT All Pass

West’s double was described as two-way…. Eithershowing three hearts or 18+ so his subsequent call showedthe strong hand.Here East-West can make 6{ double dummy (on a trump

lead and South letting the heart king hold, declarer musthimself duck the next heart), and can fail in 3NT but thatis not how things turned out.If you led the spade king against 3NT by West please let

the Bulletin know. Hoftaniska did not find this, leadinginstead a low one. When the queen won, declarer shouldhave tackled hearts at once, as this gives the chance of 11or even 12 tricks if both red suits behave (and South mustfind the club switch if he is to stop 11 on the actual layout).As it was, the table had run out of time and declarer merelytested diamonds and then, when Charlsen ducked the first

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heart simply claimed ten tricks.The final pair to arrive were colleagues from Norway:

Helge Larsen and Erik Rynning. On board 9 nobody hadmore than a flat 11 but Charlsen opened and with partneralso holding 11 they stopped in 2NT and with a helpfuldefence scrambled home.The final board of the set was of interest in the play:

Dealer EastBoth Vul

[ A 5 2] Q 10 9 8{ J 8 6 2} 4 3

[ K Q 9 8 4 [ 7 6] K J 5 ] 7 4 3 2{ A K { Q 9 4} 7 6 5 } J 10 9 8

[ J 10 3] A 6{ 10 7 5 3} A K Q 2

West North East SouthLarsen Hoftaniska Rynning Charlsen

1}1[ Dbl Pass 1NTAll Pass

South finished in the very popular spot of 1NT. Suppose,first, West makes the normal spade lead. That gives declarera sixth trick and he may well play ace and another heart toobtain a fortuitous two more when the hearts contributethree tricks.However, at our table West, Helge Larsen decided to start

with a club and the exchange continued diamond, club,diamond, club, diamond, and a triumphant winning clubfrom East, followed by a spade to the jack, queen and ace.The fourth round of diamonds reduced everyone to four

cards and West knew he was doomed. He actually retainedtwo spades and ]KJ. Charlsen had the luxury of being ableto endplay West with either suit. In case West held three spades and had bared the heart

king, Charlsen chose ace and another heart. West won andhad to concede the seventh trick to declarer. But this wasbelow average for our heroes.The score of 72.4% for the set seemed generous and your

reporter is confidently expecting an invitation to follow thesame pair again.

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Open Teams Quarterfinals segment 1

This Italian-German encounter happened to be by far themost spectacular segment in any of the four quarterfinals.So in this report, I will concentrate on this match but notwithout a short look or two into some of the othermatches.On boards 2 and 3, the combined team from Israel and

Germany (Isrmany) had taken a 26-0 lead against DeBotton, due to a defensive mistake on one board and akilling spade lead against 3NT on the other.As they did not find this lead at either table in our

featured match, we will go straight to board 5, in which aslam was in the cards:

Board 5. Dealer North. N/S Vul.

[ Q 7] 7 5 2{ A 10 7 6 5} 10 6 4

[ A K 6 3 [ 10 8 2] A Q 10 8 ] K 6 3{ Q 4 { K 9} Q J 9 } A K 8 7 2

[ J 9 5 4] J 9 4{ J 8 3 2} 5 3

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West North East SouthHäusler Zaleski Gromöller Garozzo

Pass 1NT Pass2} Pass 2{ Pass3NT All Pass

The weak 1NT did not work very well here, as the extraclub in East’s hand was worth a full extra trick, which nevercame to light. The slam is not one that you have to be inthough, as it basically depends on the ]J coming down intwo or three rounds, a just over 50% chance, apart from avery lucky spade break (QJ bare). You do have somesqueeze chances, though, if the defenders take the {A onthe first round.When the hearts behaved, that was +490 to Deutschland. In the other room, the Italians also used a weak 1NT but

Lanzarotti just gave it one more try:

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West North East SouthLanzarotti Fritsche Manno Rohowsky

Pass 1NT Pass2} Pass 2{ Pass4NT Pass 6} All Pass

When Massimo made a quantitative raise, Manno had noproblem in bidding the slam as he could now be sure thathis fifth club was worth an extra trick. Well done by theItalians and 10 IMPs to them.On the next board, the Italians dealt their opponents

another blow, or maybe the Germans shot themselves inthe foot:

Board 6. Dealer East. E/W Vul.

[ A K 10 3 2] –{ K Q 7} K J 8 7 4

[ J 8 7 4 [ Q 6 5] A Q ] K J 10 9 8 4 3 2{ A 9 3 2 { 6 4} 5 3 2 } –

[ 9] 7 6 5{ J 10 8 5} A Q 10 9 6

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4] PassPass Dbl Pass 4NTDbl Rdbl Pass 5}All Pass

Maybe Garozzo could have bid a slam over Zaleski’sredouble but when he contented himself with just 5}, theItalians had secured a plus: +420 to them.In the other room, the Germans ran into trouble:

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4] PassPass 5] Pass 5NTDbl 6} Pass Pass6] Pass Pass 7}Dbl Pass Pass RdblAll Pass

To me, 5] was already a considerable overbid but themain question North should have asked himself over 6]ought to have been why South did not make a try for agrand slam if he held the {A and the }AQ himself? Adouble by North would have netted 800 and thus led to a9-IMP gain rather than the actual 12-IMP loss. Please noteSouth’s redouble which showed absolute (if misplaced)confidence in his partner.In the Isrmany v. De Botton match, the latter team hit

back:

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West North East SouthMalinowski Herbst O. De Botton Herbst I.

3] PassPass Dbl Pass 4}Pass 5} All Pass

Not very enterprising bidding by the Israelis led to theslam being missed. Isrmany +420.In the other room, the Poles did much better, even if they

were given a slight push in the right direction:

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West North East SouthPadon Narkiewicz Birman Buras

3] Pass4] Dbl Pass 4NTDbl 6} All Pass

Well judged by Narkiewicz. If partner is showing someserious values in the minors, slam must be OK. So itproved: +920 to De Botton and 11 IMPs back to them.In their match against Poland, the young French North-

South also reached the slam in convincing fashion:

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West North East SouthGawel Rombaut Jagniewski Lorenzini

3] PassPass Dbl Pass 4}Pass 4] Pass 4NTPass 6} All Pass

On the next board, the good Italian run continued:

Board 7. Dealer South. All Vul.

[ 10 5 3] Q 7 4{ Q J 8 5} A K 2

[ 8 6 [ A K Q J 7] J 10 9 6 5 3 ] 8 2{ 6 4 2 { A 10 7 3} J 6 } 8 3

[ 9 4 2] A K{ K 9} Q 10 9 7 5 4

In the Open Room, the Italians reached a sound contract:

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1}Pass 1{ 1[ PassPass 2[ Pass 3}All Pass

Just made, +110 to Breno.

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In the other room, the Germans had an easy enoughauction, too:

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1}Pass 2NT Pass 3NTPass Pass Dbl All Pass2NT showed a balanced 12-15 count.

The Italians did not even need a useful gadget to deal withthis bidding. Manno as East was on lead himself and couldbe rather sure that his opponents were not going to makethis contract. When nobody ran, he simply led his fourthbest spade for down two. Breno +500 and another 12IMPs. In the Apollosoyuz v. Mazurkiewicz match, there also was

a big swing, as these were the two auctions:

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West North East SouthMazurkiewicz Gromov Jassem Dubinin

2}Pass 2{ 2[ 3}Pass 3[ Dbl 4}All Pass

At this table, the Russians did well to find out they did nothave a spade stopper between them but they already wereoverboard a little. One down, +100 to Mazurkiewicz.In the other room, the Poles had an easy enough auction,

too:

Closed Room

West North East SouthWeinstein Jassem Rosenberg Wojcieszek

1}Pass 2[ Pass 3NTPass Pass Dbl All Pass

2[ also showed a balanced opening hand. Rosenberg’sdouble requested a spade lead so the contract was quicklydown two. Apollosoyuz +500 and 9 IMPs to them. And another swing to Breno on the next board when the

German declarer followed a reasonable but unlucky line inhis contract:

Board 8. Dealer West. None Vul.

[ 9 4 3] K Q J 9 7 6{ A} A Q 8

[ J 10 8 6 2 [ A K 7] 10 4 ] 5 3 2{ 9 7 6 5 4 { K 2} K } 9 7 5 4 2

[ Q 5] A 8{ Q J 10 8 3} J 10 6 3

In the Open Room, the Italians came to rest at anextremely dangerous level:

West North East SouthHäusler Zaleski Gromöller GarozzoPass 1] Pass 1NTPass 2} Pass 2{Pass 3] Pass 4[Pass 5} Pass 5]All Pass

East led a trump, which Zaleski won in hand with his king.Realising that he was in a pretty hopeless contract, heimmediately laid down the }A, no doubt intending tocontinue with the }Q. When the }K made a surprisinglyearly appearance, Zaleski was quick to adapt his plan. Hecrossed to dummy’s ]A, returned to his {A, drew the lasttrump and cashed his clubs for an easy-looking 11 tricks.Breno +450.In the other room, play and defence were slightly

different:

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East led a top spade and shifted to a trump, won bydeclarer. At this table, too, declarer realised he had to makea few club tricks later on so he carefully started off byleading the }Q. West won his king, led a spade to hispartner’s ace and got a club ruff. One down, Breno another+50 and 11 more IMPs to them. Declarer’s line of play was as good as anything. He was by

no means the only declarer to go down…Gromovduplicated this line for Apollosoyuz to lose 11 IMPs.

Board 10. Dealer East. All Vul.

[ A K 10 3] K 4{ 4} A Q 9 8 5 2

[ J 2 [ 9 5 4] 8 5 2 ] Q 7 6 3{ A 10 7 6 2 { K 9 3} 6 4 3 } K J 10

[ Q 8 7 6] A J 10 9{ Q J 8 5} 7

On board 10, Fritsche-Rohowsky reached the slam inspades. Their auction is not recorded, but their achieve-ment brought them a much needed 13 IMPs back to trailby 14-49 now. Slam is certainly not much better than 50%— even the fall of the doubleton }K might not be enough,and a bad trump break might get you even when clubsbehave?In another match, the Russians also reached the slam and

their auction has been recorded:

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West North East SouthMazurkiewicz Gromov Jassem Dubinin

Pass PassPass 1} Pass 2NTPass 3} Pass 3{Pass 3[ Pass 4]Pass 6[ All Pass

Well done by them as well, for a 13-IMP gain in theirmatch to increase their lead to 18 at this point.

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On the last board of the set, the Germans registeredanother double-figure swing:

Board 14. Dealer East. None Vul.

[ 9 8 7 6] 7 6{ K 9 7 4} Q J 9

[ K Q 10 5 4 [ A J 3] A 9 8 ] K 4 3{ 10 { 6 2} 7 4 3 2 } A K 10 8 5

[ 2] Q J 10 5 2{ A Q J 8 5 3} 6

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1} 2NT3] 4{ 4[ 5{Pass Pass 5[ All Pass

2NT showed the two lower-ranking suits and ThreeHearts showed spades. The slam depends on the way youtackle the clubs. Though they would rate to be 3-1, thechances of South holding a singleton honour or just a smallcard would be about even.Thus staying out of slam is probably a good idea. Declarer

did well to take the double club finesse in the play whengiven the chance and thus ended up with an overtrick for+480 to Deutschland. In the other room, the Italians did in fact bid the slam:

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1} 2]!Dbl 2NT! Pass 3{3] Pass 4} Pass4{ Pass 4] DblRdbl Pass 4[ Pass4NT Pass 6} All Pass

When Manno played the clubs from the top after winningthe ]Q lead with his king, he soon had to concede onedown. Deutschland another +50 and 11 IMPs back to trail49-26 at halftime.

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Quarter-finals open teams, Second stanza

For the second half of the quarter-finals we shall befocusing on the two matches involving the Polish teams:Groupe France against Poland (initially team Martens) andMazurkiewicz against Apollosoyuz. As we shall see, theperformances of the two teams were indeed diametricallyopposite. At the start of the half it was 40-19 forApollosoyuz and 24-14 for Poland. We shall refer to Bessispère et fils as Michel and Thomas.

Board 15. Dealer South. N/S Vul.

[ J 9 7] K 6{ A Q 8 3} A 9 5 4

[ K 8 [ A 6 5] A Q 7 ] J 9 8 5{ 9 7 6 5 4 { K 2} K 7 3 } Q J 10 2

[ Q 10 4 3 2] 10 4 3 2{ J 10} 8 6

Poland-Groupe France Open Room

West North East SouthBessis T. Martens Bessis M. Filipowicz

Pass1{ Pass 1] Pass1NT All Pass

Poland-Groupe France Closed Room


Pass1}(2+) Pass 1{(]) Pass1] Dbl Rdbl 2[All Pass

At almost every table in the event, North-South could notfind a way into their opponents’ auction, but Rombaut gotto double hearts for takeout at a convenient level, lettingLorenzini steal the pot in 2[. There seem to be eight tricks(three spades, three diamonds and two plain winners — ifthe defenders ruff away your diamond winners you get aruff in dummy instead) maybe repeated diamond leadsmake that awkward, but though Gawel led a diamond,Jagniewski shifted to clubs because of the diamondblockage. Lorenzini elected to overtake a diamond winner,and now the 5-2 split was too much for him when the

defenders got in to draw two rounds of trumps. That wasstill an IMP to France, when 1NT made 120 on a club lead.15-24 now for Poland; but the lead changed hands on thenext deal.

Board 16. Dealer West. E/W Vul.

[ J 8 7] J 8 5{ 7 6 3} A J 10 3

[ 6 5 3 [ A Q 10 4] 9 6 4 3 2 ] A Q 7{ A K Q J 9 { 10 5 2} – } K 8 2

[ K 9 2] K 10{ 8 4} Q 9 7 6 5 4


West North East SouthBessis T. Martens Bessis M. Filipowicz1] Pass 1[ Pass2{ Pass 3](FG) Pass4] All Pass


West North East SouthGawel Rombaut Jagniewski Lorenzini1{ Pass 1NT(R) Pass2}* Pass 2{ Pass2[* Pass 2NT Pass3]* Pass 4[ Pass4NT All Pass

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You may not approve of the 1] opening bid but at least itdid no harm (though you’d much rather play 4] after astrong no-trump and transfer). Declarer wrapped up +650,good for 13 IMPs when the Closed Room sequencefeatured some poor judgment (was the opening bidforced?). Just as in the story of the Giant Rat of Sumatra,the world may not be ready for an explanation of theauction but I’m guessing a key-card sequence told East hewas off two key-cards, but 4NT was a horrendous finalcontract on a club lead. Down 200 and 13 IMPs to France,leading 28-24.

Board 17. Dealer North. None Vul.

[ A 4 3] 10 8{ 8 5 4 3 2} Q 9 7

[ 2 [ K 9 8 7 6 5] A Q 6 2 ] 7 5{ J 7 6 { K} A K 6 5 3 } J 10 8 2

[ Q J 10] K J 9 4 3{ A Q 10 9} 4



2[ 3]Dbl All Pass

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2{ 2]All Pass

Filipowicz’s undisciplined overcall over Michel’s somewhatetiolated 2[ pre-empt could have been described ascruising for a bruising. Thomas was quick to inform him ofthe error of his ways and led two rounds of clubs to startthe defensive force. Declarer ruffed, led a trump to the ten,then played two rounds of diamonds. Michel ruffed, andplayed a third club, on which declarer discarded. Now adiamond to Thomas’ {J left the defenders in position totake one club one diamond and four trump tricks one wayor another. Down 300, and a 6-IMP pick-up when 2]finished up down one. 34-24 now for France.

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On the next deal there was no swing in either of our twofeatured matches.

Board 18. Dealer East. N/S Vul.

[ J 10 8 2] A 5 4{ A 5 3} 7 6 5

[ K 6 4 [ 7 5 3] K J 9 7 3 ] Q 10 2{ 8 4 { J 7 6} 10 8 2 } K Q J 4

[ A Q 9] 8 6{ K Q 10 9 2} A 9 3

Both pairs in France-Poland opened a strong no-trumpand played 3NT down on a heart lead. Both pairs inApollosoyuz-Mazurciewicz made 3NT (Gromov playedfrom the North seat on a three-bid suitless sequence on aclub lead, ducked and club continuation).Where Gawrys opened a strong no-trump, Rosenberg

doubled Tuszynski’s 2} response, persuading Weinstein tolead clubs rather than hearts. No swing — and still 40-18 toApollosoyuz.

Board 19. Dealer South. E/W Vul.

[ J 9 8] J 9 7 6{ A Q 5 2} J 10

[ Q 10 7 5 4 2 [ 3] A ] Q 8 5 4{ 8 3 { K J 10 4} A 6 5 4 } K Q 8 2

[ A K 6] K 10 3 2{ 9 7 6} 9 7 3



Pass1[ Pass 1NT Pass2} Pass 2NT All Pass



Pass1[ Pass 1NT Pass2[ Pass 2NT Pass 3]* Pass 3[ All Pass

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Thomas made the natural rebid but Michel’s 2NT bid,while giving his side the best chance to get to game, led toa silly partscore. The defenders led hearts, and declarerwon to lead diamonds towards his hand twice. Martensducked the {A twice, so declarer took the first six tricks,but had no real prospect for an eighth.The closed room auction worked well, in a sense, and

when Gawel tackled trumps by leading to his queen, he had+170 and 7 IMPs, to make it 34-31 for France. Jassem-Mazurkiewicz duplicated the unsuccessful French auctionbut after 1[-1NT-2} Weinstein-Rosenberg could use anartificial sequence for East to show a raise to 2NT and fourclubs, letting Weinstein play 3} for +110 and 7 IMPs; 47-19now for Apollosoyuz.

Board 20. Dealer West. All Vul.

[ K 10 6] Q 5{ K Q J 8 6 5} J 8

[ Q J 8 7 5 4 [ A 9 2] A J 3 ] 10 8 4 2{ 4 { 7 2} 4 3 2 } A K 10 9

[ 3] K 9 7 6{ A 10 9 3} Q 7 6 5


West North East SouthBessis T. Martens Bessis M. FilipowiczPass 1{ Pass 1]1[ Pass 2{ 3{3[ All Pass

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West North East SouthGawel Rombaut Jagniewski Lorenzini2{ Dbl 3] Dbl3[ Pass 4[ DblAll Pass

Against 3[ the defenders led a top diamond and shiftedto ]Q. Declarer won to play [A and another spade, lettingNorth win and take his heart ruff. But the ]10 wasdeclarer’s home for the losing club and Thomas had +140.In the other room the passive defence against 4[x was tolead two rounds of diamonds. Declarer had to play onhearts himself, and when he led low to the jack thedefenders ended up with two hearts and one trick in eachof the other suits, for -500. That made it 46-31 to France.Meanwhile Mazurkiewicz started the long climb back intotheir match, taking 5{x down 500 (2{-3{-3]-5{-Pass-Pass-Dbl) and 4[ (2[-Pass-4[) down 200. The running scorewas 47-31 now.On the next deal E/W had what looks like one of the

world’s easier grand slams to bid — if, that is, any grand slamwith an ace missing can ever be described as easy. Rosenberg-Weinstein had an Exlusion Blackwood

accident (apparently the first ever accident with thatconvention) while Gromov doubled 7] for a spade leadand Jassem redoubled, to record +2240, the first time I’veever seen that number. You could argue that the doubleonly cost 3 IMPs, and missing the grand only cost 3 IMPs ifteammates were going to concede the redoubled grandslam — so who takes the blame for the other IMPs?

[ K 9 8 5 [ –] J ] A K Q 10 7 3 2{ Q J 9 6 3 2 { A K 7} K 4 } A J 10

The Poland team had gained 2 IMPs for playing the majornot the minor, but just when they were trying to makeends meet, the French moved the ends.

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Board 22. Dealer East. E/W Vul.

[ K Q 6 5] 9 7 4 2{ 7 2} K 8 4

[ 8 [ 10 9 7 4 2] A K J 8 5 ] 10{ Q J 3 { 5} 9 6 3 2 } A Q J 10 7 5

[ A J 3] Q 6 3{ A K 10 9 8 6 4} –



Pass 1{1] Dbl 2} Dbl4} Pass 5} 5{Dbl All Pass



Pass 1{1] Dbl 2} 3{All Pass

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North-South in the open room appeared to achieve parwhen they sacrificed in 5{ over 5} for -300; there doesn’tseem to be any defence to that contract, as Dubinin-Gromov found, even after a diamond lead and repeatedspade plays. However in the closed room Gawel fell asleepat his post when he passed 3{ and Lorenzini wrapped up+110 for a further 9 IMPs. That made it 55-31, whileMazurkiewicz had 12 IMPs for +750 and -50 to lead 58-47.Three of our four pairs missed a playable vulnerable game

on the next deal, where nine tricks could be made on somedecent guesswork. Lorenzini-Rombaut bid and made thegame; 65-33 now. The next two deals saw Poland close the margin via

overtricks to 65-36, but then the death blow for Poland:

Board 26. Dealer East. All Vul.

[ A 6 5 3] K 2{ K 10 9 4} 9 6 5

[ Q 10 7 [ K 9 8 4] A J 9 8 5 ] Q 7 6 4 3{ 2 { 6} K Q 3 2 } A 8 7

[ J 2] 10{ A Q J 8 7 5 3} J 10 4



Pass 3{Dbl 3NT 4{ Pass4] Pass Pass 5{Dbl All Pass



Pass 3{Pass 3NT All Pass

When Gawel passed over 3{ Rombaut stole the pot in3NT and on repeated heart leads tabled his hand for 600.In the other room no doubt Martens’ auction systemicallyallowed partner to save; but with both sides vulnerable whywould South feel he needed to bid? Since 4] hinges onfinding the [J the save looks (and was) a very poor idea. 15IMPs to France, leading 80-36. The match finished 84-38.Apollosoyuz and Poland had not scored an IMP for a

while, but the American-Russian squad finally equalized onthe penultimate deal.

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Championship DiaryPlaying in a tournament named after you should

increase your chances of winning it, which might makeBrian Senior a favourite for one of the Pairs events.

Eagle eyed readers will have spotted that Zaleskichanged its name to Breno during the course of theOpen Team Championships. Breno is a small village inItaly with a sports club (which includes bridge) that issupporting the team.In yesterday’s semi-final Breno met Groupe France,

the latter being credited with two extra players, anadditional Bessis & Lorenzini.

Our Layout Editor was given a little time off yesterdayto sit an examination. As a result she is now qualifiedto direct in French Club tournaments. Next year shehopes to pass the Layout Editor’s Exam. (To which sheresponded, ‘Oh really’.)

Eric Wielemans from Belgium is the doyen in thistournament, but beware, he is a very dangerous playerfor his opponents! For his photo, please see page 7.

This gentleman, one ofthe two winners ofyesterday’s MP Pairs, isBjörn Wenneberg, notSellden. He somehow gotattributed his partner’slast name. We apologizefor the error!

Board 27. Dealer South. None Vul.

[ Q 10] A 9 6 3{ Q 4} A 10 5 4 2

[ K 7 6 4 3 [ A 9 2] J ] K Q 10 4{ A 10 { J 9 8 6 5} K Q J 9 3 } 8

[ J 8 5] 8 7 5 2{ K 7 3 2} 7 6

4] looks a hopeless affair, but against the auction 1[-(Dbl)-2]([)-Pass-4[-All Pass Martens underled his ]A anddeclarer’s four top losers had turned into three. In theother room the defenders led {Q and declarer played aheart. The defenders now cashed their aces and played adiamond to the king to promote a trump for down twoand 11 IMPs. 58-58 — now it was all down to the very lastboard.

Board 28. Dealer West. N/S Vul.

[ K J 9 7 4] A K{ 6 5 3} 7 6 5

[ 10 6 5 3 [ 8 2] 9 2 ] 10 7 3{ K J 2 { A Q 10 9 8 7} K 9 3 2 } 8 4

[ A Q] Q J 8 6 5 4{ 4} A Q J 10

Martens-Filipowicz collected 650, Gromov-Dubinin bidon to 6] (1[-(3{)-3]-(4{)-4]-5]-6]) which is only the[10 away from being excellent. After a diamond lead andclub shift should you finesse or play for the spade 10 todrop? Today, it did not matter: neither worked. That was 13IMPs to Mazurkiewicz, winners by 71-58.

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Open Teams Semi-finalSegment 1

In Monday’s quarterfinals, Groupe France had come frombehind in grand style to beat Poland whereas Breno, aftertaking a rather big lead, only just held on to beatDeutschland. Knowing only this, whom would you chooseas your favourite team to win this semi-final and qualify forthe final?On the first board, the French took the lead by making an

overtrick in a routine 6NT. On the next board, theyimmediately lost the lead, never to get it back during thesegment:

Board 2. Dealer East. N/S Vul.

[ 8 3] A Q J 8 6 4{ K 10 9} 8 7

[ Q J 10 9 7 4 2 [ –] 5 ] 10 9 7 3 2{ A 8 { Q J 6 4} K J 4 } 10 9 6 3

[ A K 6 5] K{ 7 5 3 2} A Q 5 2

Open Room

West North East SouthZaleski Rombaut Garozzo Lorenzini

Pass 1{1[ 2] Pass 2NT3[ 3NT All Pass

3NT by South on a spade lead was a perfectly normalcontract, but when the hearts broke 5-1, and the clubfinesse also proved wrong declarer could not find his wayhome with nine tricks. One down, Breno +100.

Closed Room

West North East SouthBessis M. Intonti Bessis T. D’ Avossa

Pass 1NT4[ Dbl All Pass

Michel Bessis took as good a shot as any by jumpingstraight to 4[. Under normal circumstances, going downthree would be a good score and bring you 3 IMPs but nottoday. Breno another +500 and 12 IMPs to them. On board 3, the French scored 2 IMPs for an extra

undertrick, but then the Italians struck again:

Board 4. Dealer West. All Vul.

[ A J 5] K 9 4{ 10 8 4} A 7 4 3

[ 6 2 [ K Q 10 9 4 3] A 10 7 6 5 2 ] J{ Q 5 2 { 9 6 3} 10 9 } K 8 2

[ 8 7] Q 8 3{ A K J 7} Q J 6 5

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Pass 1} 2[ 3[Pass 3NT All Pass

3NT is the sort of contract you would automaticallyreach after a weak jump overcall in spades. It is not aparticularly healthy spot, but it would need proper defenceto beat it. Overcoming the first hurdle of not continuingspades after your [K lead wins the first trick is easyenough, but what suit should you play next?Garozzo found the right solution by switching to the ]J.

When Rombaut did not call for dummy’s queen, Zaleskifound the critical play of rising with ]A to continue spades.Had he ducked, declarer can, and probably would, make.Diamond to the {A, club finesse, win the diamond returnwith {K. Then cash the clubs and [A and exit with adiamond to endplay West to lead hearts. The contractfinished two down, -200..In the other room, East was not quite up to the challenge:

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Pass 1} 2[ DblPass 2NT Pass 3NTAll Pass

Thomas Bessis, of course, also led the [K but when heswitched to a diamond at trick 2, Intonti called for the aceand immediately ran the }Q. Now when East won his king,his spades would no longer take part in the play of thehand. When East exited with the ]J, declarer covered thiswith dummy’s queen to establish two tricks in the suit.West won the ace and returned a heart, but declarer wonthe nine and took a losing diamond finesse to ensure hisnine tricks. Breno another +600 and 13 more IMPs tothem for a 25-3 lead after just four boards.

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On the boards 5 and 6, the French registered 2 and 1IMPs, so had it been a board-a-match, the French wouldhave a comfortable 4-2 lead after 6 boards… As it was,though, they trailed by 25-6 when board 7 arrived.

Board 7. Dealer South. All Vul.

[ K Q J 9 8 7 6] A 8{ K} Q 10 3

[ A 3 2 [ 10] 10 5 ] K J 7 6 4 3{ Q 9 4 { A 8 6 3 2} K J 9 7 5 } 8

[ 5 4] Q 9 2{ J 10 7 5} A 6 4 2

Both tables reached the same contract, but the declarersand defenders had quite different views:

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PassPass 1[ 2] Pass3} 3[ All Pass

Lead: }8. On the auction, Rombaut knew that Garozzohad led his singleton club so he immediately went up withdummy’s ace. After that, he could no longer make hiscontract as there was no way to lead a club from dummyafter drawing trumps. Breno +100.In the other room, Thomas Bessis showed his two-suiter;

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PassPass 1[ 3} Pass3{ 3[ All Pass

Thomas Bessis also led his singleton club, but at this table,Intonti took his only chance of ever making the contract byducking in dummy. When West won the king but returneda heart rather than a club, Intonti was home. He won the]A and simply started drawing trumps. Breno +140 andanother 6 IMPs to reduce the board-a-match deficit to 3-4but also extend their actual lead to 31-6. After three pushes, this was board 11:

Board 11. Dealer South. None Vul.

[ 9 7 3 2] K J 2{ 10 6 4} Q 10 6

[ K J [ 10 8 6 5 4] A 7 5 ] 9 6{ 9 3 2 { A K 5} A K 9 4 2 } J 8 5

[ A Q] Q 10 8 4 3{ Q J 8 7} 7 3

Once again, the Italians outbid their opponents:

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1]2} Pass 2[ Pass3[ All Pass

Three Spades was a bit high, but at least, this contract hadits chances. Garozzo ducked South’s heart lead but wentup with his ace when North returned a diamond. He led aspade, South winning his ace and returning another heart.Dummy’s ace won and now, Garozzo could simply ruff aheart in hand and cash his minor-suit top tricks beforeexiting and waiting for his [10 8 to come in as his 8th and9th trick. Breno +140.In the other room, the French were into and out of a

making contract:

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1]1NT 2] Dbl Pass3} Pass 3NT All Pass

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East’s double of 2] would not have been everybody’schoice. In this case, it led to the spade contract beingmissed and the partnership ending up a little bit too high.On the obvious heart lead, the contract had no chancewhatsoever. Down two, another +100 and 6 IMPs to Brenoto level the board-a-match score at 4-4 but further extendtheir lead to 37-6.The next board was again a matter of defence but also of

helping partner to find the right defence.

Board 12. Dealer West. N/S Vul.

[ A K Q 10 9 5 2] A{ K 4} 10 6 5

[ 8 3 [ 4] K J 10 9 5 3 ] Q 8 2{ A 9 8 2 { J 7 5 3} 2 } A Q 8 7 4

[ J 7 6] 7 6 4{ Q 10 6} K J 9 3

This is what the Italians did in the auction when given theroom:

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West North East SouthZaleski Rombaut Garozzo Lorenzini2] Dbl 4} Pass4{ 4[ 5] 5[Dbl All Pass

After the Italians had made one lead-directing bid each,Zaleski finished off their good work by going so far as todouble the final contract when the French bid one more.5[ has its chances if the defence does not find its club ruffbut after this bidding, the French had no chance to survive.Garozzo duly led a diamond, which Zaleski took with hisace to returned his club. When Garozzo won the ace andgave his partner a ruff, Breno had scored another +200.In the other room, the French had little room to

exchange any defensive information.

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West North East SouthBessis M. Intonti Bessis T. D’ Avossa3] 4[ 5] 5[All Pass

When Michel Bessis opened 3] and Intonti overcalled animmediate 4[, the auction had become a guessing game.East might have tried 5} but when he bid 5] instead and,understandably, led a heart after the Italians went on to 5[,declarer’s problems were soon over. Breno another +650and another 13 IMPs to lead by 50-6.

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On the last board of the set, the French managed todouble their score:

Board 14. Dealer East. None Vul.

[ K Q 7 5 2] 10 6{ 7 3} A K 10 8

[ J 9 4 [ 8 3] A K J 9 8 5 2 ] Q 4{ A { K J 10 8 5 4 2} Q 4 } 9 2

[ A 10 6] 7 3{ Q 9 6} J 7 6 5 3

When East passed as dealer and West opened only 1],the French had a mostly free run.

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Pass Pass1] 1[ Pass 2[3] 3[ All Pass

Even 3[ was not 100% but this did not really matter as3] would make easily. When both black suits behaved wellfor declarer, Rombaut would always make his nine tricks.He emerged with an overtrick as the defenders were nolonger able to cash their second diamond trick after Eastled his ]Q. Groupe France +170.In the other room, the French aggression finally paid off.

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3{ Pass4] Dbl Pass 5}All Pass

Once Intonti took action over 4] on his semi-balancedhand, the Italians had lost the board. Against 5}, West leda top heart, cashed his {A and led another top heart tocrash partner’s queen and thus eliminate the chance ofputting the contract down two. Not that a heart underleadat trick three would have been a sound idea…GroupeFrance another +50 and 6 IMPs to them. At halftime, the score thus stood at 50-12 to Breno,

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OPEN PAIRS QUALIFICATIONAFTER DAY 1/2

1 JOHANSEN Lars A. - REKSTAD Gjermund NOR - NOR 61.772 RIEHM Franck - DUGUET Michel FRA - FRA 61.673 KVANGRAVEN Nils Kare - LIE Terje NOR - NOR 60.844 CIMA Leonardo - GIUBILO Valerio ITA - ITA 60.085 MAAT Roeland - MEER Mark de NED - NED 59.446 ADAD Pierre - RINGUET Pascal FRA - FRA 59.367 BILDE Dennis - JEPSEN Emil DEN - DEN 58.848 BERG Ivar - TISLEVOLL Geir-Olav NOR - NZL 58.809 KINDSBEKKEN Asbjorn - VOLL Roar NOR - NOR 58.71

10 AUSTBERG Per Erik - BERG Jan Tore NOR - NOR 58.4411 CARROLL John - HANLON Tom IRL - IRL 58.2512 DOREMANS Nico - TROUWBORST Jaap NED - NED 58.2413 JANSMA Jan - MAHMOOD Zia NED - USA 58.2414 BOCKEN Patrick - NEVE Olivier BEL - BEL 57.9615 KLUKOWSKI Michal - ZATORSKI Piotr POL - POL 57.8016 AUKEN Sabine - WELLAND Roy GER - USA 57.6917 GINOSSAR Eldad - PACHTMAN Ron ISR - ISR 57.6818 HRISTOV Hristo - IVANOV Stoyan BUL - BUL 57.6219 BERTHEAU Peter - HAYMAN PIAFSKY Jessica SWE - USA 57.6120 BAKKEREN Frank - BAKKEREN Ton NED - NED 57.3021 LEVY Alain - VOLCKER Frederic FRA - FRA 57.2322 BATOV Vasil - IGNATOV Lubomir BUL - BUL 57.2123 GAWEL Wojciech - JAGNIEWSKI Rafal POL - POL 57.1224 GULA Artur - TACZEWSKI Mikolaj POL - POL 57.1125 FILIPOWICZ Dominik - MARTENS Krzysztof POL - POL 56.9226 MULTON Franck - ZIMMERMANN Pierre MON - MON 56.8827 BASARAN Berk - SEN Melih Osman TUR - TUR 56.8228 OURSEL Christophe - SCHMIDT Pierre FRA - FRA 56.8029 FELMY Matthias - GOTARD Tomasz GER - GER 56.5930 HOMONNAY Geza - WINKLER Gabor HUN - HUN 56.5931 TURANT Witold - SKORA Waldemar POL - POL 56.4932 KARAIVANOV Kalin - RUSEV Tony BUL - BUL 56.4033 MELMAN Victor - ZELIGMAN Shalom USA - ISR 56.2934 FOLLIERO DE LUNA T. - RIBAULT Benoit FRA - FRA 56.1135 GRZELAK Roman - ROMANSKI Jacek POL - POL 56.0636 FAIVRE Corinne - MAGIS Isabelle FRA - FRA 56.0337 STRETZ Francois - XERRI Jean FRA - FRA 55.9439 LEWACIAK Gregor - WALCZAK Piotr POL - POL 55.7640 KOKSOY Enver - MOLVA Murat TUR - TUR 55.5741 HANSEN Jonny - SAELENSMINDE Erik NOR - NOR 55.5542 CABAJ Stephan - ILNICKI Wlodzimierz SUI - POL 55.5143 PEREIRA Paulo Goncalves - PESSOA Sofia POR - POR 55.4344 SVENDSEN Odin - TONDEL Petter NOR - NOR 55.3045 HAUGE Rune - SVENDSEN Jan Petter NOR - NOR 55.2946 CLEEFF Jan van - VAN DER HORST J. P. NED - ARU 55.2847 DINKIN Sam - TUNCOK Cenk USA - USA 55.2148 SAPORTA Pierre - VOLDOIRE Jean-Michel FRA - FRA 55.2149 GHIGHECI Ovidiu - ROTARU Iulian ROM - ROM 55.1750 FALLENIUS Bjorn - FREDIN Peter SWE - SWE 55.1451 WACKWITZ Ernst - WESTERBEEK Chris NED - NED 55.1052 SLEMR Jakub - VOZABAL David CZE - CZE 55.1053 GOODMAN Alan - SHORT Brian SCO - SCO 54.95

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54 BIRKELAND Tor - LINDQVIST Espen NOR - NOR 54.9355 FAILLA Andrea - FAILLA Giuseppe ITA - ITA 54.8056 ROSENTHAL Andrew - SILVERSTEIN Aaron USA - USA 54.7557 DAUVERGNE Sophie - HUGON Elisabeth FRA - FRA 54.7258 FRIEDLANDER Ehud - LIRAN Inon ISR - ISR 54.6459 KALITA Jacek - NOWOSADZKI Michal POL - POL 54.6060 JELENIEWSKI Andrzej - WACHNOWSKI J. POL - POL 54.5761 BURN David - SANDQVIST Nicklas ENG - ENG 54.5462 KANDEMIR Ismail - KOLATA Suleyman TUR - TUR 54.4563 KARLBERG Svein G.- THOMASSEN K.-O. NOR - NOR 54.4564 CHARLSEN Thomas - HOFTANISKA T. E. NOR - NOR 54.2565 BAUMANN Karl Christian - BREKKA Geir NOR - NOR 54.2466 MILASZEWSKI Miroslaw - SZENBERG Stefan POL - POL 54.1367 IONITA Marius - STEGAROIU Marina ROM - ROM 54.1168 BERGHEIMER Serge - FOUASSIER J.-C. FRA - FRA 54.0269 BERSET Ole - SVEINDAL Jon NOR - NOR 53.9570 COENRAETS Philippe - DE DONDER Steven BEL - BEL 53.9271 SAINTE MARIE - - SAINTE MARIE Thierry De FRA - FRA 53.7072 GARDYNIK Grzegorz - TUTKA Marek POL - POL 53.6573 GLABBEEK Hedwig van - MAAS Willem Jan NED - NED 53.6474 BARTOLOTTI Pierangelo - MAGRI Flavio SUI - SUI 53.6275 KONTOMITROS K. - KOUKOUSELIS T. GRE - GRE 53.5676 NABIL Karim - SADEK Tarek EGY - EGY 53.5677 BAKER Lynn - McCALLUM Karen USA - USA 53.5178 MIHAI Geta - MIHAI Radu ROM - ROM 53.3879 BAKKE Tor - HOYLAND Sven Olai NOR - NOR 53.3680 BETHERS Uldis - IMSA Adrians LAT - LAT 53.3481 HUTYRA Maciej - WOLANSKI Rafal POL - POL 53.2282 BARYLEWSKI Marek - KRZEMINSKI Cesa POL - POL 53.1583 FREJACQUES Guillaume - LILAMAND Martin FRA - FRA 52.9284 GOMEROV Pavel - ZAPADINSKIY Evgeny RUS - RUS 52.8185 KLAPPER Wit - SAKOWICZ Ryszard POL - POL 52.7986 CZAJKA Iwona - SARNIAK Anna POL - POL 52.7387 BIGDELI Faramarz - WOJEWODA Edward BEL - USA 52.7388 JASKIEWICZ Ryszard - GRZELCZAK Jacek POL - POL 52.6189 HANSEN Kjeld - PETERSEN Henrik Kruse DEN - DEN 52.6090 ENGEBRETSEN Geir - HILDREMYR Terje NOR - NOR 52.5991 FRANCESCHETTI Pierre - LHUISSIER Nicolas FRA - FRA 52.4792 DANYLYUK Tetyana - DANYLYUK Volodymyr UKR - UKR 52.4593 BERRETTINI Lorenzo - GARZI Fabio ITA - ITA 52.4494 EKINCI Orhan - KAHYAOGLOU Yusuf TUR - TUR 52.4295 DRIVER Gordon - DRIVER Kathleen RSA - RSA 52.4096 ORLOV Sergei - PROKHOROV Dmitri RUS - RUS 52.3297 YADLIN Doron - YADLIN Israel ISR - ISR 52.2598 ANCESSY Arnaud - BRUNET Frederic FRA - FRA 52.2599 PILON Dominique - TOFFIER Philippe FRA - FRA 52.25100 BERG Erik - SIMONSEN Steffen Fredrik NOR - NOR 52.09101 ANKLESARIA Keyzad - VENKATESH Gopal IND - USA 52.02102 COUNIL Jean-Louis - DESMOULINS J. P. FRA - FRA 51.96103 IP Gabriel - IP Giles ENG - ENG 51.92104 HACKETT Paul D - HOLLAND John ENG - ENG 51.85105 MADSEN Christina Lund - YAVAS Dilek DEN - TUR 51.82

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106 CHUMAK Yuliy - ROVYSHYN Oleg UKR - UKR 51.78107 ARONOV Victor - ZOBU Ahu BUL - TUR 51.74108 ALEKSANDRZAK Andrzej - PILECKI Maciej POL - POL 51.73109 KLEINROK Krzysztof - SZEPCZYNSKI Andrzej POL - POL 51.72110 BAREKET Ilan - LENGY Assaf ISR - ISR 51.66111 BEGAS Han - GROSMANN Lucia NED - NED 51.64112 BOS Berend van den - LANKVELD Joris van NED - NED 51.58113 HOILAND Tom - STORNES Helge NOR - NOR 51.58114 OLSEN Roy-Hugo - OVESEN Steingrim NOR - NOR 51.51115 AUKEN Jens - CHRISTIANSEN Soren DEN - DEN 51.45116 ALLFREY Alexander - ROBSON Andrew ENG - ENG 51.45117 DUBININ Alexander - GROMOV Andrey RUS - RUS 51.25118 SEN Tezcan - SENGULER Zafer TUR - TUR 51.24119 CULLIN Per-Ola - HALLBERG Gunnar SWE - ENG 51.22120 MARINOVSKI Kiril - ZORIC Vedran BUL - CRO 51.15121 CRESTEY Gilles - LOUCHART Pierre-Jean FRA - FRA 51.14122 FROEYLAND Staale - HERLAND John Helge NOR - NOR 51.10123 KENDRICK David - KOLESNIK Alex ENG - USA 51.08124 BOVET David - MARGOT Cedric SUI - SUI 50.97125 MOLENAAR Danny - VERBEEK Tim NED - NED 50.95126 ENGEL Joseph - FRYDRICH Julian ISR - ISR 50.89127 DELLA SETA Livio - DELLA SETA Umberto ITA - ITA 50.72128 VAN HOOIJDONK Marcel - WINKEL Marcel NED - NED 50.66129 BESSIS Veronique - PUILLET Carole FRA - FRA 50.64130 NAQVI Waseem - ROSENTHAL Lee ENG - ISR 50.63131 PIKET Roel - THIELE Mark NED - NED 50.60132 MAKARUK Janusz - NIEDZIELSKI Pawel POL - POL 50.59133 DENIZCI Volkan - YERGIN Mahmut TUR - TUR 50.59134 GERMANIS Aigars - RUBENIS Ivars LAT - LAT 50.45135 ALLIX Jean Francois - LIBBRECHT Wilfried FRA - FRA 50.42136 PODDAR Dipak - SHAH Anal IND - IND 50.40137 NEDKOV Stanislav - TENEV Tenyu BUL - BUL 50.39138 MARMONTI Dario - MASSA Gaetano ITA - ITA 50.33139 BUJENITA Daniel - ISTVAN Vidami ROM - ROM 50.29140 BUUS THOMSEN Emil - SKOVLY Frederik DEN - DEN 50.26141 OIKONOMOPOULOS Giorgos -

OIKONOMOPOULOS Ioannis GRE - GRE 50.15142 FOSSI Niccolo - PAUNCZ Peter ITA - ITA 50.05143 VANDEREET Ben - VANDEREET Piet BEL - BEL 50.02144 KING Philip (Phil) - SMALL Cameron ENG - ENG 49.87145 SOLLI HANSEN Jon - SVINDAHL Frank NOR - NOR 49.85146 SELLDEN Goran - WENNEBERG Bjorn SWE - SWE 49.82147 GUSITA Cristian - TEODORECI Dragos ROM - ROM 49.81148 SEBBANE Lionel - THUILLEZ Laurent FRA - FRA 49.79149 SERPOI Gheorghe - STIRBU Calin ROM - ROM 49.74150 FRENCKEN Alain - VANDERVORST Mike BEL - BEL 49.73151 BARONI Franco - CESATI Alberto ITA - ITA 49.71152 KAVALENKA Andrei - KORZUN Aleksandr BLR - BLR 49.67153 KARLSEN Jan Frode - MARTINUSSEN Stig NOR - NOR 49.66154 COOPER Jenny - McGREGOR Moira ENG - SCO 49.57155 DE MENDEZ T. - MICHAUD-LARIVIERE X. SUI - MON 49.47156 DEBUS Eric - VAN MIDDELEM Guy BEL - BEL 49.44157 COLINET Eric - MEYER Jean BEL - BEL 49.42158 ERCAN Sehmus - PEYRET Hakan TUR - TUR 49.41159 CHERNY Mikjail - MEDVEDEV Oleg ISR - ISR 49.40160 BAHBOUT Sam - ENGEL Zvi BEL - BEL 49.38161 DE FALCO Dano - TEODORESCU Cornel ITA - ROM 49.32162 WENNING Karin - WENNING Ulrich GER - GER 49.31163 COLDEA Ionut - MARINA Bogdan ROM - ROM 49.23

164 BOEYKENS Leo - HUYBRECHT Hans BEL - BEL 49.22165 BILDE Majka Cilleborg - JEPSEN Peter DEN - DEN 49.17167 MATUSHKO Georgi - STERKIN Alexei RUS - RUS 49.04168 BOWLES Andy - MOHANDES Shireen ENG - ENG 49.02169 DAUVERGNE Bernard - TIGNEL Jeremie FRA - FRA 48.92170 LAKATOS Peter - SZILAGYI Laszlo HUN - HUN 48.83171 DOBROWOLSKI Marcin - GORKA Adrian POL - POL 48.81172 TOKAY Mustafa Cem - VERSACE Alfredo TUR - ITA 48.72173 CHALIBERT Pascal - DUMONT J FRA - FRA 48.70174 CORNELISSEN Kamiel - KRIJGSMAN Albert NED - NED 48.68175 PLEJDRUP Andreas - BILDE Soren Cilleborg DEN - DEN 48.66176 BAKKE Christian - GRUDE Liv Marit NOR - NOR 48.61177 FITZGIBBON Nicholas - MESBUR Adam IRL - IRL 48.57178 BROGELAND Tonje A. - GLAERUM Lisbeth NOR - NOR 48.47179 BUIJS Pieter - DE HULLU Henk NED - NED 48.37180 SCHIFKO Martin - WERNLE Sascha AUT - AUT 48.31181 RADJUKEVICH Igor - TSIMAKHOVICH Aleh BLR - BLR 48.19182 MARILL Philippe - STOPPA Jean-Louis FRA - FRA 48.15183 KLANJSCEK Jasminka - SENTIC Kristian CRO - CRO 48.13184 CHIZZOLI Paolo - DE GIACOMI Fran ITA - ITA 48.13185 CHEMLA Paul - ROBERT Quentin FRA - FRA 47.99186 CHIPAIL Gheorghe - NEGULESCU Sorina ROM - USA 47.95187 ARLOVICH Andrei - VAINIKONIS Erikas LTU - LTU 47.79188 CZUBAK Edmund - DUFRAT Katarzyna POL - POL 47.78189 DE VOOGHT Dirk - RAES Franky BEL - BEL 47.71190 ANDERSSEN Rune - MARSTRANDER Peter NOR - NOR 47.69191 BARBOSA Juliano - PALMA Antonio POR - POR 47.59192 BENNETT Roy - SMITH Harry SCO - SCO 47.52193 PECCOUD Janine Elise - SAPORTA Renata FRA - FRA 47.34194 ZAK Piotr - ZAREMBA Jerzy POL - POL 47.32195 HETZ Nathan - LEVINGER Asa ISR - ISR 47.14196 GOEL Ashok Kumar - VAIDYA Suhas Vaman IND - IND 47.10197 DESSAIN Tom - KABAN Tugrul ENG - ENG 47.04199 DE SAINT PASTOU Alain - LESAGE Francois FRA - FRA 46.99200 PENFOLD Sandra - SENIOR Brian ENG - ENG 46.98201 MORAWSKI Dariusz - SALONEN Irmeli FRA - FRA 46.98202 ANFINSEN Ivar M. - SOLHEIM Eli NOR - NOR 46.82203 RITMEESTER Peter - VERDONK Ronald NED - NED 46.71204 IOVESCU Silviu Gabriel - LAZAR Catalin-L. ROM - ROM 46.70205 CODRIN Marcu - DUMITRASCU Florin ROM - ROM 46.68206 AZOULAY Yves - GANIVET Jacques FRA - FRA 46.50207 ANDERSSON Jorgen - JOHANSSON Anders SWE - SWE 46.31208 BAHNIK Ondrej - BAHNIK Petr CZE - CZE 46.21209 KENNY Joan - KIRBY Brid IRL - IRL 46.13210 MOSSOP David - McINTOSH Andrew SUI - ENG 46.12211 BROGELAND Boye - GILLIS Simon NOR - ENG 46.01212 GERGOV Georgi - RADEV Radi BUL - BUL 45.98213 NARDULLO Ennio - NOVO Antonella ITA - ITA 45.87214 PASKALEVA Stefka - RIBARSKA Mariana BUL - BUL 45.87215 BAUSBACK Nikolas - GWINNER Hans-H. LUX - GER 45.69216 ENGENES Vidar - NORGREN Bo NOR - NOR 45.63217 KAPTEIN Mark - VAN IPENBURG Helena NED - NED 45.50218 BELLOSTA Philippe - BELLOSTA Veronique FRA - FRA 45.43219 KURBALIJA Filip - SHIELDS Patrick WAL - WAL 45.43220 DI FRANCO M. - MARGIOTTA Saverio ITA - ITA 45.42221 CRONIER Philippe - TESSIERES Godefroy De FRA - FRA 45.41222 CAPPELLER Joachim - SCHINZE Jorg GER - GER 45.39223 GILLILAND Dolores - WHELAN Maria IRL - IRL 45.29224 PHILIPSEN Rens - SEVEREIJNS Luc NED - NED 45.25

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225 ERMLICH Marianne - MARWITZ Guenter GER - GER 45.21226 GOLDFARB Ilia - PAIKIN Yotam ISR - ISR 45.13227 LONGUEVILLE Johan - VANDENBUSSCHE C. BEL - BEL 45.11228 JANSONS Ugis - SMILGAJS Andris LAT - LAT 44.98229 CLAIR Paolo - DE MICHELIS Luca ITA - ITA 44.98230 CHELU Eugen - DUMITRASCIUC Gabriel ROM - ROM 44.84231 CUHADAR Ergun - VARDAR Rifat TUR - TUR 44.84232 RYAN Dennis - MALYSA Marek USA - POL 44.82233 EFRAIMSSON Bengt-Erik - ZACK Anna SWE - SWE 44.63234 LARSEN Helge - RYNNING Erik NOR - NOR 44.41235 KHOLOMEEV Vadim - VASILYEV Petr RUS - RUS 44.32236 CURTIS Catherine - FEGARTY Paul ENG - ENG 44.27237 DELIMPALTADAKIS N. -

PAPAKYRIAKOPOULOS Y. GRE - GRE 44.24238 MEDUGNO Gianni - TAGLIABUE Lorenzo ITA - ITA 44.08239 HENRI Jacques - LAFOURCADE Jean-Pierre BEL - BEL 43.97240 LEWIS Marshall - MULLER Renata CRO - CRO 43.84241 BENDIKS Janis - BETHERS Janis LAT - LAT 43.82242 MALTESE Jacky - SECHERESSE Jean-Claude FRA - FRA 43.70243 GIERULSKI Boguslaw - SKRZYPCZAK Jerzy POL - POL 43.68244 LEVI Stephane - MULLARD Guy FRA - FRA 43.61246 DOLIA Mauro - SPANU Carlo ITA - ITA 43.54247 BITRAN Albert - CHETRIT G FRA - FRA 43.49248 SCHOUW Rick - STIENEN Rene NED - NED 43.43249 BUUS THOMSEN Signe - JEPSEN Rasmus R. DEN - DEN 43.38250 OLANSKI Wojtek - VAINIKONIS Vytautas LTU - LTU 43.33

251 BEARPARK Catherine - KEMPLE Brid IRL - IRL 43.21253 GLASEK Grzegorz - PIWOWARCZYK Marcin POL - POL 43.12254 PAROL Marek - SZCZEPANOWSKI Radoslaw POL - POL 42.92255 DE DUVE Alain - MIRAVET Solange BEL - BEL 42.89256 CHARLIER Guy - TIFOUS Nourredine BEL - BEL 42.89257 MALESZA Leonard - SHAMA Jessica POL - FRA 42.78259 HOULIHAN Desmond - PATTINSON Bob IRL - IRL 42.69260 PATTINSON Maureen - RIGNEY Teresa IRL - IRL 42.62261 BARDSEN Tore - HAUGEN Tove NOR - NOR 42.56262 PRINS Henk Jan - VAN HEEST Gabriele NED - NED 42.43263 ROEHL Joergen - WERGE Hans DEN - DEN 42.28265 BINEAU Thierry - CLAVER J FRA - FRA 42.18266 PAVLIN Milan - ROJKO Silvana SLO - SLO 42.00267 BOLAND Rory - MORAN Mark IRL - IRL 41.98268 DARLING Marina - MCPHEE Bob AUS - AUS 41.89269 BONIN Benjamin - BONIN Philippe FRA - FRA 41.49270 LUESSMANN Claudia - SMYKALLA Gisela GER - GER 41.49271 LIOSSIS Georgios - SIRAKOPOULOU C. GRE - GRE 41.27272 HOLMBAKKEN Johnny - JOHNSTUEN F. NOR - NOR 41.05273 LANGER Darina - NIKITINE Ruth SUI - SUI 40.66274 ELBRO Helle Simon - RISOM Karin Strande DEN - DEN 39.58275 LUPSAN Corina - LUPSAN Octavian ROM - ROM 39.49277 ADELSBERGER Heimo - BEILDORFF Frank DEN - DEN 38.64278 MARRO Christophe - MAZE SENCIER Jean FRA - FRA 38.43279 FAEHR Birgit - STAHL Wolf GER - GER 38.36

The 41st World Teams Championships, which include the World TransnationalOpen Teams Championship, will be held on the magical island of Bali inSeptember this year. The Transnational Championship starts on Tuesday 24thSeptember.

The Transnational Teams is open to all players who are members in goodstanding of their National Bridge Organisation, and of course, beingtransnational means that they can play with partners or team mates fromother countries.

It’s an enjoyable and exciting event — a real challenge too, because many of the teams that participate inthe Bermuda Bowl, Venice Cup and d’Orsi Seniors Trophy but do not get through to the knock-out phasedrop into the Transnational Teams. This means that teams entering the event get the opportunity of playingagainst some of the leading players in the world. There are few — if any — other sports where this canhappen, and it makes for a truly great competition.

Add to that the atmosphere of the final stages of the main championships — the Bermuda Bowl, VeniceCup and d’Orsi Seniors Trophy, with the excellent vu-graph and all the tension of the Finals and it becomesan unforgettable experience.

Bali is an amazing place to visit as well, and the Championships are being held in the spectacular resortof Nusa Dua. Come and play then stay a few extra days to enjoy the wonderful beaches and the greatculture to be found on Bali. We feel sure you will have a truly wonderful time!

To find out more and to register for this great Championship, just go to www.worldbridge.org — the WorldBridge Federation looks forward to welcoming everyone to Bali in September.

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